Papers:

1. “Photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide modified by silver nanoparticles” Dawid Wodka, E. Bielańska, R.P. Socha, M. Elżbieciak, J. Gurgul, P. Nowak, P. Warszyński, and I. Kumakiri Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2(7), 1945-1953 (2010)
2. “Photocatalytic degradation of the humic species as a method of their removal from water – comparison of UV and artificial sunlight (ASL) irradiation efficiency.” J. Dziedzic, D. Wodka, P. Nowak, P. Warszyński, C. Simon, I. Kumakiri the Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing journal, 45, 15-28 (2010)
3. “Removal of natural organic matter from potable water using photo-catalytic membrane reactor”  I. Kumakiri, C. Simon, K. Szczepanowicz, D. Wodka, P. Nowak, L. Szyk- Warszyńska, P. Warszyński
    the Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing journal, 45, 73-84 (2010)
4. “Influence of the decomposed substrates on the photocatalytic activity of the titanium dioxide modified by silver nanoparticles” D. Wodka, E. Bielańska, R.P. Socha, P. Nowak, P. Warszyński
    the Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing journal, 45, 99-112 (2010)
5. “TiO₂, TiO₂, /Ag and TiO₂, /Au photocatalysts prepared by spray pyrolysis”
   Astri Bjørnetun Haugen, Izumi Kumakiri, Christian Simon, Mari-Ann Einarsrud
   Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 31, 291-298 (2011)
6. “Photo-catalytic membrane contactors applied for water treatment”
   Izumi Kumakiri, Spyros Diplas, Christian Simon, Pawel Nowak
   (Submitted)
   

Patents:
1. “Fremgangsmåte og system for fjerning av organisk materiale i væsker”
     Submitted to Norwegian patent office No. 2008 3578

2."Process and system for removal of organics in liquids”
    PCT application, No. NO09/00291,  Published number: WO/2010/021552

Conferences:

Invited lecture 
“Application of Catalytic Membrane Reactors for the treatment of portable water and industrial effluents”
I. Kumakiri, 2nd International Symposium of Experiment-Integrated Computational Chemistry on Multiscale Fluids (ECCMF2), February 23-24, 2010, Sendai, Japan

Key note:
1. “Catalytic membrane contactor for water treatment”,
I.Kumakiri², J. Yang², Ch. Simon², K. Szczepanowicz¹, D, Wodka¹, P. Nowak¹, L. Szyk-Warszynska¹, P. Warszyński¹.
10th International Conferences on Inorganic Membranes  (ICIM10), August 18-22, 2008, Tokyo, Japan  http://www.icim10.org

Oral presentations:
1. “Catalytic Membrane Contactors for water treatment”,
 I.Kumakiri², J. Yang², Ch. Simon², K. Szczepanowicz¹, D, Wodka¹, P. Nowak¹, L. Szyk-Warszynska¹, P. Warszyński¹; Post-ICIM10, August 22-24, 2008, Fuji, Japan http://www.icim10.org/home.cfm 

2. “Photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide modified by silver nanopaticles”
D. Wodka¹, P. Nowak¹, P. Warszyński¹, I.Kumakiri², C. Simon²,
XLI Polish Annual Conference on Catalysis, March 30 - April 1, 2009, Krakow, Poland 

3.“Water Treatment with Catalytic Membrane Reactors”
 I. Kumakiri, Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland,

4. "Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide Modified by Silver Nanoparticles”
D. Wodka, E. Bielańska, R. P. Socha, M. Elżbieciak, J. Gurgul, P. Nowak,
P. Warszyński, I. Kumakiri, Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland

5. "Photocatalytic Degradation of the Humic Species as a Method of their Removal
from Water”, J. Dziedzic, D. Wodka, P. Nowak, P. Warszyński, I. Kumakiri, C. Simon
Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland

Poster presentations:
1. “Preparation of TiO₂/silver nano-particles composites for photo - catalytic applications in the removal of organic matter from water” K. Szczepanowicz¹, D. Wodka¹, L. Szyk-Warszyńska¹ P. Warszyński¹, I.Kumakiri², J. Yang², Ch. Simon² Catalysis for Society  - Forty years of the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Forty Annual Polish Conference on Catalysis, 11 - 15 May 2008, Cracow, Poland, http://www.catalysisforsociety.krakow.pl/

2. “Photocatalytic-membrane methods of removal of organic contaminants for water treatment – preparation and testing of the photo - catalyst “ K. Szczepanowicz¹, D, Wodka¹, P. Nowak¹, L. Szyk-Warszyńska¹, P. Warszyński¹,I. Kumakiri², J. Yang², Ch. Simon² Catalysis for Society  - Forty years of the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Forty Annual Polish Conference on Catalysis, 11 - 15 May 2008, Cracow, Poland, http://www.catalysisforsociety.krakow.pl/ 

3. “Development of a photo-catalytic membrane reactor – the interaction of a membrane support material and the photo-catalyst” I.Kumakiri², J. Yang¹, Ch. Simon¹, K. Szczepanowicz², D, Wodka², P. Nowak², P. Warszyński² 10th International Conferences on Inorganic Membranes (ICIM10), August 18-22, 2008, Tokyo, Japan http://www.icim10.org/home.cfm 

4. “Universal system for testing the photo-catalytic activity”
D. Wodka¹, J. Dziedzic¹, P. Nowak¹, P. Warszyński¹
XLI Polish Annual Conference on Catalysis, March 30 - April 1, 2009, Krakow, Poland

5. “Photocatalytically active TiO₂ based nanoparticles produced by spray pyrolysis”
A.B. Haugen3, C. Simon², I. Kumakiri² and M.-A.Einarsrud3
NTNU Nanolab opening meeting, May 12-14, 2009, Trondheim, Norway http://www.shaping4.org/index.html

6. “Application of a photo-catalytic membrane reactor for potable water treatment”
I.Kumakiri¹, C. Simon¹, K. Szczepanowicz², D, Wodka², P. Nowak², L. Szyk-Warszynska², P. Warszyński²
ICCMR9 (9th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors), June 28 – July 2, 2009, Lyon France http://www.iccmr9.org/  

7. “Photocatalytically active TiO₂ based nanoparticles produced by spray pyrolysis”
A.B. Haugen3, C. Simon², I. Kumakiri² and M.-A. Einarsrud3
Shaping 4 (Fourth International Conference on Shaping of Advanced Ceramics), November 15-18, 2009, Madrid Spain, http://www.shaping4.org/index.html
received the third prize of the student contest

8. ”Encapsulation of Oxidant Compounds in Application for Purification of Water”
D. Kędracki, J. Dziedzic, K. Szczepanowicz, P. Nowak, L. Szyk-Warszyńska,
P. Warszyński,
Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland

9.“High Throughput Evaluation for Photo-Catalytic Water Treatment”
 I. Kumakiri, A. Karlsson, Ø. Vistad, J. Yang, J. Hafizovic, A. Bouzga
Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland

10. “Removal of Natural Organic Matters in Portable Water Using Photo-Catalytic Membrane Reactor”
I. Kumakiri, C. Simon, K. Szczepanowicz, D. Wodka, P. Nowak, L. Szyk-Warszyńska, P. Warszyński
Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland

11. D. Wodka, P. Nowak, P. Warszyński, I. Kumakiri
“Photocatalytic Membrane Methods of Removal of Organic Contaminants for Water Treatment – Preparation and Testing of the Photo – Catalyst”
Workshop on Photocatalysis and its Application in Removal of Contaminants, March 17-18, 2010, Krakow, Poland

* 1Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Krakow, Poland,  2SINTEF - Material Science and Chemistry, Oslo, Norway, 3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Awards

1. 3rd prize of the student contest at Shaping 4
2. Bardal-fondet, 2010, ”Utvikling av ny fotokatalysator for ny vannrenseteknologi”